Another 25 Seafari goes under the knife

[Bushwacker]

Dave, you're off to a great start! That was a pretty violent failure for the rod end to punch through both the cylinder wall AND the outside of the block! Maybe the piston disintegrated from detonation, allowing the unsupported small end of the rod to flop around and punch that hole.

Clever idea for cleaning the gas tank! It's amazing what a little vibration and some rocks can do! We used to deburr superalloy turbine blades by putting them in a washtub full of silicon carbide rocks sitting on a shaker table! That material is so hard (machinability index of 5; pure aluminum is 100 on same scale!) that a file will barely scratch it!

I like your dolly set-up too! Will make it a lot easier climbing in and out of that thing! Keep up the great work!
Denny